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(Application filed Aug. 15, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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ROBERT CLARK RUSSELL, OF HILLMAN, MICHIGAN.

WASH BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,593, dated July 10, 1900. Application filed August 15, 1899. Serial No. 727,345. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT CLARK RUs- SELL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Hillman, in the county of Montmorency and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washboards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Washboards, one object of the same being to provide means whereby the rubbing-strip of roughened or corrugated material may be adjusted on its support so as to present fresh surfaces when certain parts of the same become worn, and thereby lengthen the life of the board.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of a rubbing-strip in the form of an endless band, a sectional core on which said strip is adjustably secured, and a frame in which said rubbingstrip and core are removably mounted.

The invention also consists in certain features and details of construction and combinations of parts, which'will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rubbing-strip employed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the sectional'core therefor. "Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the washboard-frame with one of the sides thereof broken away and showing the core of the rubbing-strip seated therein in its normal operative position. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the washboard-frame with therubbing-strip and its core at the lower end thereof in the position it assumes when being inserted into or removed from the frame.

Like reference-letters indicate like parts in the different views.

The side bars of the washboard-frame D are formed with longitudinally-extending. grooves E on the inner sides thereof, which trated in the drawings is an endless band having a series of lateral corrugations thereon. The depressions formed by said corrugations at the upper and lower edges of the strip A fit within the grooves O of the core B, and said strip is further secured to said core by means of removable pins F, extending through openings in the strip A and corresponding openings G and H in the sectional core B. The core B, with its surrounding rubbingstrip A, is secured in position in the frame D by means of pins I and J, which extend through corresponding openings in said core.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that by removing the core B, with the rubbing-strip A thereon, from the washboard -frame D, which removal may be effected by withdrawing the pins I and J from their seats and slipping said core and strip downwardly out of the grooves E, said core and strip may be reversed in position, so as to expose the opposite side of said strip from that which was formerly in use. This change may be effected without any change in the relative positions of the core and strip. It frequently happens, however, that one part of the rubbing-strip of the washboard -will become worn before another part and when so worn the board is practically worthless and must be discarded. By my invention I provide means whereby different surfaces of the rubbing-strip A may be exposed, thereby lengthening the life of the board and increas ing the usefulness thereof. This change in surface is effected by first removing the core vB and the strip A from the washboard-frame in the manner described and then pushing longitudinally one of the sections of the core B out from the strip A. The said strip may then be turned on the remaining section of the core B until the worn part assumes a position at the rear of the board and fresh surfaces are exposedat the front of the board. The section of the core B which has been removed may then be reapplied by inserting it into the endless strip A by a longitudinal movement the reverse of that which is necessary to remove said section; Unless some means were provided for separating the two parts of the core B it would be impossible to shift the position of the strip A on said core, as two of the indentations in said strip are in engagement with the grooves G at the opposite ends of said core. When the strip A has been reapplied to its core in the manner described, both these parts are reinserted into the Washboard-frame and secured in position by the pins I and J.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Awashboard, comprisinga frame, a rubbing-strip in the form of an endless band, a sectional core therefor, and means for adj usting the position of said strip on said core, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Awashboard, comprising aframe, a rubhing-strip in the form of an endless band having corrugations thereon, a core for said strip having grooves in its opposite ends in which which fit Within said grooves, means for ad- I justing the position of said strip on said core, and removable securing means for holding said core and strip in said frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT CLARK RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN STEWART, Gno. WILTON. 

